Re: Press "1" for English

["Everywhere Man" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>]

Hey Jim.
Nice to see you today Mr. No Show at the Alarm Show. I swear if you
tell me another vacation story I'll crap in your milkbox.

European immigrants didn't have huge hurdles to clear to enter the U.S.
A stop at Ellis Island and off they went.  Imagine if we had stopped
the flow of Europeans like we are trying to stop the flow of Mexicans
and South Americans.
European immigrants were also a huge drain on this nation's economy.
One need only think of the NY gangs extorting businesses as one
example. Many European immigrants didn't speak English and didn't allow
their kids to complete school. European immigrants were heralded for
overcoming the same adversities that Mexican immigrants are being
chastised for.
Open more immigration hubs like Ellis Island so we can track who is
coming in. I'd hate to think we might turn away a child who could one
day grow up to be a scientist finding a cure for cancer, or some other
miraculous discovery because his parents escaped here.
All of these so-called "patriots" have lost sight of the very
foundation of America. They're just bitching for the sake of bitching.
Even the fact they get paid off the books doesn't mean they don't
contribute. The business owner paying them off the books still has to
claim the money he pays them as his own income and that is taxable.
When they shop in our stores they pay sales tax. They are not this
gigantic drain on the economy these numbnut hillbillies accuse them of
being.
They want to end the politically correct talk and shoot straight? OK
let's do it.
The same fuckwad southerners whining about Mexicans stealing their jobs
are the same ones who bitched about how Israel and jews control
America, blacks getting everything from the government, and asians are
all sneaky.
They are for the most part extremely uneducated trailer park wackjobs
who buy David Allen Coe albums, talk about being saved by Jesus, send
10% of their money to bullshit preachers, spend more money on firearms
than they do on furniture, and think the corner Aye Rab is plotting to
bomb their town's Piggly Wiggly. Love thy neighbor only applies if the
neighbor is a cousin. They are the first ones to preach "the Lord's
word" asking if you believe in Jesus Christ and Believer's Baptism yet
don't practice the religious nonsense they babble.
You can't call them racist because they are too fucking stupid to know
what racist means, and you can't say they are losing jobs to Mexicans
when they had no damn job BEFORE the border jumpers arrived. Let them
stand at the border with their guns. At least it will keep them off the
barstools.

-They came here for several centuries for the same reasons - freedom
and hope -- and then a Frenchman created a statue that embodied their
hopes and dreams. And it embodied America's promise as well.-

"Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses longing to be
free..."
                  THE STATUE OF LIBERTY


Yes they should learn English but I'm not going to alienate the wallets
of those who don't.
Our city would be a mess if we didn't have them wouldn't it?

Jim wrote:
> Everywhere Man wrote:
> >
> > #1- The Nextel/Sprint customer base is GLOBAL
> >
> > #2- Your state was originally Mexico so you are the descendant of
> > immigrants.
> >
> > #3- Regardless of what language people speak they still spend money. My
> > family came to America in 1906, and didn't speak English right off the
> > boat. It took years. My great-grandmother never spoke English. Should
> > they have shipped her back, and just my grandmother, aunts, and uncles
> > (who were kids at that time) to fend for themselves?
> > Graham, I am so Conservative I make Sean Hannity seem like Ted Kennedy,
> > but conservatism does not mean discrimination. Conservatism does not
> > mean English only need apply. It takes most immigrants a generation to
> > adapt to America.
> > Border jumping infuriates me to all ends of the earth but not because
> > they don't speak my language. Unions and people who expect union wages
> > are to blame. I am out the door now but when I come back I will expand
> > on it.
> >
>
> The difference is, Your parents learned English and were assimilated
> into the
> culture of this country. The present day Hispanics will take two, three
> or more
> generations to learn English if they can push two to hear it in Spanish
> .... if the
> kids are taught in school in Spanish. If they can get their bills in
> Spanish. If all
> the signs are written in Spanish.  The longer they take to be
> assimilated into
> the culture the more the culture that they came here to live in will be
> the very
> culture they wanted to get away from.
>
> Even with past immigrants, who came here, it took at least a generation
> for
> them to learn English and a number of more generations to be accepted
> by
> the culture. How long did it take for the Irish and Italians to be
> integrated
> and accepted?  Three? Four? Five  generations? And there are still hard
> core prejudices today.
>
> The Hispanics want to come here and enjoy our prosperity compared to
> where they live now. Our nation has always prided itself on welcoming
> people
> from other countries and cultures .... but it was with the intention
> that they
> embrace our culture and become part of the melting pot that has helped
> make our country what it is, not to isolate themselves from it.
>
> By allowing them the option of not speaking english, it will change our
>
> culture (in the Hispanics case it's mainly because of the mere masses
> that
> they have been illeagally allowed to populate this country) and  it
> will segragate
> and keep them out of the main stream of our society, set them up to be
> second
> class citizens which will actually limit their ability to achieve the
> prosperity they
> came here for.
>
> The way it is now, they want every thing they had in their native
> country but
> they want it with all the benefits.... by living off of the people
> who've lived,
> worked and cultivated this culture for generations.If they had to go
> through the
> process of integration over a generation or two .... thats the price
> they have to
> pay .... and they'd pay it for their children just like your parents
> did.But, because
> of the liberal, far left do-gooders and organizaions like theCommunist
> ACLU,
> who think that Freedom is free to anyone who says they want to come
> here,
> they''ve been led to believe that it's their right to be here and have
> what it's taken
> other immigrants who came here LEGALLY ...generations to achieve and
> that
> they can have it ..... NOW!
>
>
>
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> > > --
> > >
> > > -Graham
> > > (remove the double e's to email)